f&e.

Okay, this post has been long in the making.

Please, please, please tell me you've made a visit to your local Fresh & Easy.

I swear, this grocery store has helped us stay on a budget for our first year of marriage.

While I would love to be a coupon girl, I just don't have the time to commit to searching & printing & clipping.  F & E has regular coupons that they send to me (sometimes in e-mail, sometimes in snail mail) that can be used for my entire bill.  For instance, $10 off $50, $3 off $30, or $6 off $30.  We never, ever go without a coupon- that's how regular they are.

Anyway, I am amazed every week at how much we buy for so little.  This week pushed me over the line- I knew I had to share with you guys & gals.  This was our grocery list for the week:

4-pack of sub sandwich rolls

1 loaf of bread

bag of croutons

bag of kettle corn

tortillas

wheat thins

triscuits

peanut butter granola bars

blueberry granola bars

lg. bag of tortilla chips

sm. bag of bbq chips

2 personal ciabatta rolls

5 lb. bag of white rice

2 boxes of cereal

apple juice boxes

can of black beans

can of roast beef

bag of frozen turkey meatballs

2- 2 cup packs of shredded mozzarella/cheddar

3 romaine hearts

4 roma tomatoes

4 activia drinkable yogurts

1 lg. yogurt tub

green onions

6 apples

2 lbs. of grapes

12 eggs

1 gallon of milk

19 qt. cooler (for our road trip this weekend)

Total (with 2 (did I mention you can double up coupons?!) $6 off $30 coupons):

$56.37

WOW!  I think that's just amazing!  I still usually go to another grocery store for deli turkey, because I just can't do packaged lunch meat.  But it's so worth the 2 trips to get what we get.

So please try F & E.  They don't use artificial flavors or preservatives, which means it goes bad within a week of buying.  But it's so worth it- I have a friend who even lost weight after switching grocery stories.  That's big time, my friends.

The end.

(Fresh & Easy did not pay me for this.)